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21 June 2012Malta: Gender identity and sexual orientation included in hate crime laws 10 The Maltese parliament has extended its hate crime laws for the first time to protect citizens on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. -
19 June 2012Home Office will be asked to heed warning on ‘outdated’ police resources on HIV 5 The Home Office is to be asked to ensure police resources on HIV accurately reflect current knowledge of the virus and its routes of transmission. -
18 June 2012Northern Ireland: Police officers disciplined over inadequate response to homophobic crimes 22 Eight police officers at a station in County Down, Northern Ireland, have been disciplined after a gay couple complained about inadequate response to reports of homophobic crimes. -
18 June 2012Report: Police training on HIV ‘outdated and stigmatising’ 18 A National AIDS Trust review of how police approach HIV suggests many constabularies in the UK have procedures based on unfounded concerns regarding transmission, which can fuel 'scaremongering' and 'mistreatment' for people living with the virus, the charity said. -
15 June 2012Dubai: Scottish man jailed for public gay sex to be released 23 A Scottish man jailed for having gay sex in a public place in Dubai is to be released after his sentence was heavily reduced on appeal. -
14 June 2012Kenya: Lesbian ‘held hostage by family’ commits suicide, reports say 6 According to unconfirmed reports a lesbian who was being held hostage by her parents committed suicide in desperation last night in Kenya. -
13 June 2012Trans gay activist believed to have been brutally murdered in South Africa 14 Several reports have been circulating about a transgender and gay man brutally murdered after a homophobic and transphobic attack in South Africa. -
12 June 2012Kuwait: Trans man arrested for ‘imitating opposite sex’ 8 A transgender man has been arrested as Kuwait continues a campaign against ‘immorality’ which includes LGBT people among its targets. -
11 June 2012European Commission publishes new report on trans and intersex discrimination 13 The European Commission has published a new report into discrimination against transgender and intersex people around the EU. -
11 June 2012Derbyshire Pride anti-gay protester guilty of distress charge 35 A court in Derbyshire has convicted a Muslim man, already jailed for inciting hatred against gays, of using threatening or abusive language at Derbyshire Pride. -
11 June 2012Manchester: Police appeal after body found in gay village canal 10 Police in Manchester are appealing for information after a man's body was found this weekend in a canal in the city's gay centre. -
8 June 2012Gay couple tell court of ‘sickening anti-gay comments’ at Derby pride parade + A gay couple has told a court in Derby of being 'sickened' by anti-gay protesters at a pride march in the city who claimed there was a genetic link between homosexuality and paedophilia.
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8 June 2012Portsmouth police appeal after gay man robbed at knifepoint in car 10 Police in Portsmouth have issued an e-fit of a man wanted for questioning after a gay man was robbed at knifepoint having entered a car expecting sex. -
6 June 2012Tunisia rejects UNHRC recommendation to decriminalise gay sex 98 Tunisian minister of human rights, transitional justice and spokesman of the Tunisian government, Samir Dilou has rejected a recommendation by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to decriminalize same-sex acts, stating that sexual orientation was a western concept which is incompatible with Islam, Tunisian culture and traditions. -
6 June 2012Dubai: Man jailed for gay relationship after partner dies in window fall 23 A 24-year-old man in Dubai has been sentenced to a year in prison and subsequent deportation after his gay relationship was discovered when his partner fell from a window. -
5 June 2012Canadian porn star ‘who cannibalised his male lover’ arrested in Berlin 41 A bisexual porn star who was the subject of an international manhunt for cannibalising his male lover has been arrested in Berlin, and is set to be deported to his native Canada. -
1 June 2012Manhunt continues for ‘killer bisexual porn actor’ + The hunt for a man who is believed to have murdered and dismembered a male lover and sent parts of his body to government officials has continued today. -
30 May 2012Scottish footballer Derek Riordan in court over ‘homophobic’ pub incident 10 Scottish Premier League footballer Derek Riordan has appeared in court today in Edinburgh charged with assault in an incident in which he allegedly used homophobic and sexually explicit language against bar staff. -
29 May 2012Dharun Ravi apologises for spying on gay roommate 31 The student who was convicted of using his webcam to spy on his gay roommate during an intimate encounter with another man, and sentenced to 30 days imprisonment, has apologised for the first time. -
29 May 2012Second homophobic assault reported in Worcester in two weeks 12 A second homophobic assault has been recorded in the county town of Worcestershire in less than a fortnight.
